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January 7, 1001.
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1 Two important event, happened In th
athletic world which gave the University of
Nebraska students plenty to talk about
during the past week the renewal of ath
letic relations with Kansas and the an
nouncement from Walter Booth that he will
not return another season to coach the Ne
braska team. While this decision on tho
part of the big coach has been known to
acme of his filends for some time, the an
nouncement was not made until during tho
last week. The burning question of tho
hour now Is:
"Who will succeed Booth?" "With the
announcement of Booth's resignation
came tho report that Herrnsteln wi
being considered, and many think that
he might be a good choice. Herrnsteln
was coach of the Haskell Indian team a
year ago, when that team defeated the
strong Cornhuaker team at Kansas City.
Students were of the opinion that a coach
that could train a team that could beat that
Nebraska team must be all right, and so
Herrnsteln has many rooters among the
etudents. ITe Is a product of the Yost school
of hustle, and seems to have Imbibed freely
of Yost's hurry-up tactics. Another man
prominently mentioned Is Dan MrOugln,
also a Michigan man, who took the Vander
bllt team and put It In such shape that It
almost took the breath from the Wolverines
this fall, losing by the score of 17 to 0. The
athletic board now has a serious question
to decide, for the people of Nebraska will
expect a winning team next fall when the
large freshmen who were barred this year
will bo permitted to play.
Vndouhtedly many of the men who are
arrnriiintlnir this vear will make snlendld
''coaches, and It might be that the team
does not secure Norcross, the cap-
d quarter back of the Michigan
team, will lose a prize, but here Is where
the board Is up against It. It Is hard to
decide from this distance how much of the
credit for the victories of the Michigan
team belongs to Yost and how much to
Norcross. It Is hard to tell how Norcross
could succeed as a handler of men If thrown
upon his own resources without the back
up of Yoet. He surely has become filled
vltH t h hiirrv.iin litna m-hlrh ronllv l nnn
J of the greatest things In foot ball and
might be able to jump out and enthuse a
western team with some of the hurry-up
spirit which has characterized the Michigan
team since Yost went there. An eastern
writer has well snld that the speed of the
western teams is the great superiority
which they show over their eastern rivals.
Often In the east a quarter Is seen to etand
up straight, look the field over and then
deliberately call a signal. This Is not the
case with a Michigan team. It Is up and
away while an eastern team would be
wondering what Is going to happen. The
board will have to decide between one of
these new men and a man who has been
tried and made good. Seasoned judgment
la required In choosing men early In the
season, for It will not do when the foot
ball season la as short aa It la to waste a
few weeks trying to develop a man and then
find him a failure. A coach must have
Judgment to decide whether be thinks a
man will be any good before he spends
hi. Urn upon btniv v . H
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Ne bra ska baa accepted the advances made
by Kansas for a renewal of athletlo rela
tions with that institution after a break of
two years. This break was occasioned by a
protest made by the Jayhawkers over the
eligibility of liender, the crack halfback.
The thing that made Kansas more sore
than any other Is that Bender won the foot
ball gum which was played against Kan
sas just after the protest was filed, by a
seventy-yard run. Kansas has now signi
fied its willingness to let bygones go nnd
to again resume the relations which had
existed for some time prior to the break.
t'nder the terms of the compact the Jay
hawkers will send a basket ball team to
Lincoln this winter and in the fall will
send the root bail team to Lincoln for a
game. An effort was also made by Kansas
to Include Missouri In the agreement, but
this did not meet with much favor from
Nebraska unless Missouri would agree to
piny the foot ball games between the two
colleges at Lincoln. Missouri has taken
such a hack seat of late that sufficient
crowds could not be drawn at Columbia to
warrant the expense of the Cornhuskers
going there for a game.
changes, and all we westerners can do now
Is to sit and wait until such time as the
rules committee shall act. flayers do not
ssy the grime Is too rough and spectators
do ne t make the same claim, and It Is hard
to show the 4".0uu who turned out to see
the Yale-Harvard game where It is to b
improved. Still the advocates of the more
open game will undoubtedly have their way
and some charges will be made. The open
giime of Chicago won from the heavier
Michigan team and this Is the strongest
argument in tavor of the game.
Bowling haa again struck Its natural
and healthy gait after the excitement of
last week, occasioned by the visit of the
Ounthers of Chicago. The regular work
seemed a little tame after the close matches
played with the champions, but the visit
has dune an immense amount of good, as
It has shown the boys what con be done
by a l.ttle practice. .Of course, some of the
Ounther players are about the best this
country or any other country can produce,
and still they had to fight for their laurels
against the teams which had been picked
and against men not used to playing to
gether. Wood of the Ounthers Is one of
the best individual players in the country
and his game was watched with Interest
throughout the contests. As seen from the
table printed herewith, practically the whole
advantage of the champions lay in the
number of strikes they made. The first
ball seldom went wrong, and while it did
not always hit the strike spot, it was al
ways near enough to leave a better chance
for a spare. Omaha had to roll for twenty
four more spare chances, and at that
made but three more errors than did the
Gunthers. The Ounthers made twenty-six
more strikes and were extremely lucky
In bunching them. Three of the Ounthers
and two of the Omaha men rolled error
less games. P. Btolke, ordinarily a crack
player, made as many errors In three
series as the three top error men of Omaha
combined. It Is always a good, thing for
any game to give the players a chance to
see the best there is and undoubtedly the
game received a good boost by the visit of
the Gunthers to this city.
OMAHA NO. 2.
Cochran 13 14 3
Fruch 6 IS 4 2
Forscutt 15 8 4 3
Lieruniin T 14 1 8 ....
Anderson 10 14 6 1
Totals 61 68 17 14 .895
away on leave at the White Karth reserva
tion In Minnesota. He returns here to
school March 1. He Informed me that he
does not Intend pitching professional ball
for at least two years." Neither will the
club get Flaherty, the llttsburg pitcher.
President Hermann has waived claim, de
spite the fact that he tried to secure him
last summer. Flaherty will probably be
transferred to a minor league.
George C. Edwards, Harry Real Torrey
and A. W. Whitney, the three professors
on the athletic committee of the I'niver
elty of California, have Issued a statement
setting forth their reasons for desiring a
change In foot ball conditions on the Pa
cific coast. This report, which Is prelimin
ary to any action that the committee from
Stanford and California may take toward
the remodeling of the game, will be printed
In the University Chronicle In a few days.
Manwhlle the report has 1een Issued in
advance form for publication in the daily
papers. Among other things the profes
sors says
Slugging, kneeing, neck twisting, putting
a good man out of the contest by vicious
attacks, even when such attacks contribute
nothing to the successs of the play then
In progress, cannot be too severely con
demned and punished. Such penalties may
bo not only removal from the contest, but
disqualification for the season or perma
nently. From being a pastime foot ball
has become a vocation, followed a short
period each season by players and bleach
ers. The large sums made each year have
made large expenses possible, which the
players are not called upon to stand. It
has become a money maker, requiring an
administrative staff. . The management
naturally looks to It as a spectacle. Grand
stands must be built and they must be
filled. It mtif-'t, therefore. Insist upon the
quality of the game, regardless of the
number of men engaged, or Its claims
merely as an amateur sport. Business
takes precedence here. Commercialism
enters. We are forced to the admission
that foot ball, fifteen years ago free as
air. Is now bought and paid for by an
outside public.
Your committee does not believe In the
employment of foreign coaches. The col
lege occupies the position of hiring an out
sider to win the game, a thing which Is
decidedly unamatenrish.
Some of the modifications which we would
suggest as looking toward the desired end,
If mere modifications are to be made,
would bo: Hequlre that at least seven
men of the offensive side shall be on the
line of scrimmage. Diminish the time of
each half to thirty minutes. F.stabllsh fif
teen minutes as the maximum aggregate
time to be taken out for the benefit of
each time. Return to the old bar cleats
OMAHA NO. 1.
a PC.
on the shoes. Designate an official who
shall call the ball as down' an 1 ivt leave
the decision to the carrier of the ball.
mho may desire to squirm a rew Inches
further, and in so doing invites the men
of the opposing team to rail on him and
prevent the wrlg.li'iK-
j tie committee rrnnuuru us repon oj
embodying the resolutions parsed by the
conference recently held at t'-.e University
club, recommending that intercollegiate
foot ball contests should no li nger be held
under the regulations of the present foot
ball rules committee; and recminicndlr.g as
a substitute the present Kngllsh Ilugby
game, or else the present American game
with such modifications as should promlso
to eliminate existing evils.
Mr. W. J. Wilson, the honorable secretary
of the Surry Foot Bull association of Eng
land, has been studying up tho history of
the game recently. So much of an author
ity bus he become that he recently lectured
to a large number of foot ball enthusiasts
here in London, dealing especially mlth the
ancient laws upon the subject. Mr. Wilson
authorltlvely declared that foot ball was
six centuries old. Shrove Tuesday had been
associated with the game from the earliest
times, and In the fourteenth ccnturyUn the
reign of Edward II), foot ball was played
by so many youths In the streets that the
merchants appealed to the king to put the
game down, as it Interfered mlth the com
merce of the country. But foot ball was
strong enough to defy the iaw even of the
king, both In England and Scotland, despite
agitltatlon and much condemnatory writing
against the game. In the sixteenth century
the game, though unlawful, was played In
the streets and fields, the goal posts ranged
from such objects as bushes to houses
and were often miles apart. One special
prayer was disseminated by a writer named
Stubbs, decrying foot ball on the Stibbath,
on the ground that It was a "bloody and
murderous game, backs, legs and necks
being indiscriminately broken." Another
writer, more generous, declared that the
game put courage into the hearts of the
players and stimulated them to meet tho
foe eye to eye without flinching. After
Bhoming some amusing lantern slides treat
ing of the lighter Bide of the game, Mr.
Wilson wound up with a lucid explanation
of the off side rule.
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mith headquarters In the Schllta building.
Games are played at regular Intervals and
on the days set for the general meeting of
the members four and five tables are filled
mlth enthusiastic onkeln. Lr. Baetcns is
ono of the founders of the club and he says
that the game Is not confined to the Uer
n i,i os even In the Omaha club, but that tho
Americans mho have taken up the gatno
are as enthusiastic as any of the others.
Skat Is a great game in some of the north
ern cities and In St. Paul and Minneapolis
groups can be Been all over playing skat,
especially the more elderly men. A big
skat tournament was held at Milwaukee
last winter with players from a great many
cities. St. Paul has also held several state
tournaments. In New York City members
of the "upper 400" pay as high as M an hour
for lessons.
Frltscher 8 19 2 i ....
Potter 7 20 1 2
Gjerde 9 14 4 8
Huntington ........ 10 11 4 6
Spraguo 12 13 . ( i
Total 45 77 14 14 Ml
OMAHA NO. 3.
Stks. Sprs.-Spts. Er's PC.
Neale 9 12 4 6
Clay 12 13 ft
McCngue 15 11 3 1 ....
Johnson 6 20 2 2 ....
G. O. Francisco.... 8 Id 8 3
Totals 60 72 17 11 .917
Whatever may be the ultimate outcome
of the meetings of the rules committees, it
Is certain that many lengthy discussions
will te held before any llnal decision Is
reached. The old rules committee is thought
to be In favor of leaving the game practic
ally as It Is, while many of the new mem
bers, acting on the advice and instructions
front the colleges which they represent, are
In favor of radical changes. These differ
ences of opinions mill cause many argu
ments before a final settlement is reached.
Much has been written about the proposed
OUNTHERS.
Stks. Hnrs. Spts. Er a PC.
Wood 14 13 3
10 19 3 1 ....
19 7 3 1
43 36 2 ....
Klcne 11 11 8 6
12 12 4 1
15 10
88 33 12 7 77!
Btolke 10 8 8 .....
7 15 1 7
12 11 4 8
28 36 8 18
Bartsch 11 16 8
10 15 1 4
15 13 1 1
86
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10
17
44
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15
19
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Pioneer Recalls Old Times in State Militia
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Ounthers total. ...172 . . 196 l46 84 .Ml
Qjpaha ttam. jVrr.H"'-117 - 43 K "-".DOS
Omaha bowlers have not decided as yet
whether a team will be sent to represent
this city at the national tournament which
will be held at Louisville March 17 to 29.
The matter is still under discussion and
the association is about equally divided
upon the proposition. Omaha has' some
splendid bowlers, who could make a good
record against the best in the country
and a decision should be reached aa soon
as possible to give the boys a chance to
get in some good practice. A tournament
Is hard on a team and the knowledge that
they are playing against the best in the
country and the large crowds which watch
the matches Is apt to throw the players
off their game, to some extent, and thus it
is necessary to choose some of the level
headed boys and give them an opportunity
to practice up.
Some of the basket ball teams In the
City league race have been a trifle alow In
organizing and interest - both In and out
of the City league ha. not been as keen
up to date as It should have' been. A. a
consequence of these delay. In organising
teams some of the game, scheduled hav.
not been played, but It i. hoped, now that
the .holiday season has passed, that the
schedule may be caught up and, once going,
games will be played a. arranged. The
game, played thu. far, the High school
beat Boyles, 47 to 17; the Bennett, beat th.
Thurston Rifles, 23 to 17, and the High
school team beat the Thurston Rifles, 23
to 20. The Omuha Commercial college was
one t the team, delaying the game, but
that team wa. organized Wednesday night.
II. B. Boyles, proprietor of Boyle, college,
has reorganized his team and will take the
management upon himself In tb. hope of
improving the standard of the team. As a
consequence of this change the game sched
uled last week for this team wa. postponed
and the game with the Bennett team will
be played later. The lineup of the team.
Is not all complete, but those which have
been handed in are: Bennett'., Graw,
Griffith, Hansen, Swan and IHincan; Thurs
ton. Nordwell, Williams, Churchill, Dunn
and Baur; Crescent, W. Frankfort, H
Frankfort, V 11 son, PJerron and Wessen;
High school. Clark, Hall, Webster, Neavlea,
Burnett and Thomas.
N ORPEH to supply a missing
link In the chain of history of
the Nebraska militia in terri
torial days. Dr. Frederick Itenncr
of Omaha, formerly of Nebraska
City, has prepared a detailed account of
the operations of the Otoe County Reserves,
a militia company organized in Nebraska
City in 1SC1 for the purpose of protecting
settlers from hostile Indians. Dr. Renner
was a resident of Nebraska City at the
time, became an officer of the company and
was a participant In tho campaigns he de
scribes. The account was written at the re
quest of Adjutant General Culver, and is, in
part, as follows:
It Is a fact easily proven by surviving old
settlers like General John M. Thayer, B. E.
B. Kennedy, Martin Dunham and many
others, that we had militia organizations in
all the better settled river counties. I can
speak authoritatively for Nebraska City,
where we had a mllltla organization ever
since 1S58, with Hiram P. Downs as briga
dier general and O. P. Mason a. captain of
the Nebraska City Guard, of which I wa.
high private and surgeon, according to cir
cumstance.. This, our original and volun
teer organization, was destined principally
for home protection against outlaws and
Indians, who caiised frequent scares, espo-
peoially when they appeared In unusual
mads it as Napoleonic in its design and
execution, and should placo It on the pages
of history alongside of other great and
bloody butcheries by savages.
At that time already many ranches
lotted the great "military road" at in
tervals of a few miles. These ranches
had become In many cases valuable farms,
with substantial Improvements, graced by
woman's presence and ornamented by
woman's tasteful care. A number of such
ranches were in Jefferson, Thayer,
Nuckolls, Adams and Kearney counties,
upon and contiguous to the government
road. The Indians had been quiet and
peaceful for a long time, and the settlers
along the road were peaceful and happy.
Without a single note of warning the
crisis came. From Denver to Big Sandy,
a distance of COO miles, near the middle
of tho day, at precisely the same tlmo,
along the whole distance a simultaneous
attack was made upon the ranches, the
unsuspecting freighters, the poor "pil
grims" in their emigrant wagon, and tho
overland coaches. No time was given for
couriers, no time for concentration, no
time for the erection or strengthening of
place, of defense, but a. the eagle swoops
down upon hi. prey the savage warrior,
attacked th. defenseless white men,
women and chiMreu. No principles of
clared their willingness to proceed, to
wlt: Joachin Anderson, William Blatter
Michael Cross, J. W. Helling, Michael
Heng, James Fitehle, E. W. Holbert, Theo
dore Kroll, Robert Megel, Joseph Roberts,
Bernhard Bchoeb, Ed Wagner, Peter Weiss,
C'hr. Worrcl, J. B. Wengerman, Sain
.vers, acting first sergeant. Asthe horses
of August Sachs, Granville Cox, J. It
Nelson, James C. Martin, Max Schwalle
and Karl Summerland were either lame,
sore or exhausted these six men remained
in Beatrice as guards with our wagons in
camp.
Eight brave pioneers, farmers and stage
drivers from Beatrice and neighborhood,
who. were well armed with rifles and re
volvers, mounted on good fresh horses,
Joined u. of their own accord before we
started on our hard ride, for we gave our
horse, the spurs and rode all night, till
we reached the Big Sandy near Meridian,
not far from the sixth principal meridian
and the boundary line between Kansas and
Nebraska, Modesty forbid, to go further
into the detail, but I might refer to tha
official and historical statements of General
Isaac Cue, Colonel O. P. Mason (afterward
chief Justice), J. Sterling Morton and other,
contained in the pamphlet which I herewith
enclose. After their perusal you will
readily concede that by the rapid, yea,
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Nebraska to Florida through sleeping cars, from Omaha and Lin
coln, via Burlington to St. Louts and the "Dixie Flyer" Route from
there to Jacksonville, Fla.
This excursion pnrty will pass through tho scenic and historic
section of the southeast and will be In charge of an experienced
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umkr4ad thie;''rBtf,s-"1,r - Jnllttirry .ourtesr ''Vntuated th. breasts of ,itttac taneo us, movement of a part of the
winter when the rascally beg pardon, the painted assailants. It mattered little
democratic Indian agents had delayed the to the.ti that they were in vastly superior
payment of the Indian annuities, even numbers, and their opponent, had often
months after the boxes, filled with silver fed them when they were hungry. All
dollars, had arrived and were piled up in alike were made to feel their cruelty or
some bank vault. their lust. No mercy wa. shown. No
At such .eason. the Indians, Instigated by captives were taken but a few women,
the traders and other white men who had and death wa. preferred to the captivity
claim, against them, laid for weeks and that awaited them. Could the eastern
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draw, from our ArtetUa
Well (1,400 feet deep). Th.
lit. of such pure, tptrkling
water M one essential feature
in adding to STORZ BE EH
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navof that it lacking la all
other ktewa Atlc fur .TOJtZ
BEER down town. Keep
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The New Tork National, have signed a
new catcher. M. W. Fitzgerald is his name
and ho played last year in an Independent
league at Sharon, pa. He weighs l&S pounds
and is said to be a good thrower and likely
hitter. None of the member, of last year',
team ha. signed so far, none having been
asked to do so as yet. Word ha. been re
ceived from Mathew.on, who 1. wintering at
hi. home in Lewlsburg, Pa., that he has re
moved the plaster cast from his left wrist,
which he hurt last summer, and that the
wrist is a. strong as ever. Secretary
lwnowle. of the New York, la trying to ar
range an exhibition with Princeton to be
played at th. Polo ground, next spring.
"Amos Rusle is likely to causa a sur
prise next spring if ha goes back on the
ball field," observed George Cuppy, now a
business man at Elkhart, Ind., when he
read that the once mighty twirler had been
signed by the Springfield. O., Central league.
"I have been told that Rusle ha. been tak
ing care of himself, leading the simple life
and earning a living by healthful outdoor
work. If hi. right arm ha. any of it.
former power left he will make those Cen
tral league batsmen look like a lot of
drunken sailor, when they com. to th.
plate."
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The Cincinnati Base ball club will not
have th. services of tb. Indian pitcher,
Charles Roy, for next season. A telegram
ha. been received from Major Mercer of
Carlisle a. follow.; "Charles Roy la cow
months around Nebraska City beggint:,
threatening and necessitating constant
guard for defense and safety.
Preliminary Organisation.
This state of affair, continued at Interval,
until Fort Sumter wa. fired upon and the
tocsin of civil war wa. .ounded, wnen gov
ernor A- Saunders Issued his proclamation
of May 18, 1XG1, calling all able-bodied men
to enroll In companies. Four were formed
without delay In Nebraska City, among
which was the Nebraska City Rangers, with
B. H. Kalkmann as captain. Hi. excessive
avoirdupois proving to be an "Impediment"
oven on horseback, after the first few drill,
and scouts, he resigned and the company
mostly German-American. elected your
humble servant in hi. place. About tho
same time we changed the name of our
company to Otoe County Reserves, which
enjoyed an Increase of fifteen mounted
farmer, ot Otoe county with more or les.
military experience acquired in the old
country.
My last commission a. captain of the
Otoe County Reserves wa. Issued much
later by Acting Governor A.' S. Paddock,
June 19, 1S62, but we kept up our organiza
tion by regular drills a. an Independent
company of the First regiment, Second bri
gade. Colonel C. P. Mason commanding. In
an emergency he always called on us. be
cause he knew that he could rely upon us,
although h. wa. a very severe taskmaster.
It must be remembered that he acted also
In a federal capacity, that of a provost
marshal for the southern district of Ne
braska and recruiting officer, with a body
guard or detail of six to ten men from the
volunteer or regular army.
To the best of my recollection there were
assembled In the Morton house, Nebraska
City, on August 1, 1361, about thirty com
missioned militia officers ' from the South
Platte counties, when we elected Isaao
Coe brigadier general, to take the place ot
II. P. Downs, who had gone to the front
a. lieutenant colonel of the First Ne
braska volunteer.. I made the nomination
of General Coe, not for Bis military ex
perience or achievements, but for the two
reasons first, being a public spirited, brave
and loyal citizen; second, being the wealth-
philanthropists who speak so flatteringly
of the "noble red men of the west" have
witnessed with us the cruel butchery of
unoffending children, the young and old
women, who were first horribly mutilated,
then scalped and slain, they might be
Impressed with the true character of hos
tile Indians on a predatory and slaughter
ing Incursion or excursion.
A. soon as Colonel O. P. Mison received
the first Information of the sudden out
break and massacre by telegram from
some station on the Big Sandy he called
at my office on Main street, at Nebraska
City, Nebraska territory, then and there
bluntly and peremptorily ordering me, a.
the captain of the local company of Ne
braska mllltla, "forthwith to place myself
and men between the terror-stricken set
tlers and the pursuing Indians on the Big
Sandy and the Little Blue."
At the same time he took my receipt
for twenty-seven muskets, six carbines.
ISflf) rounds of buck and ball cartridges
(all the available arms in his possession),
which wa. loaded on two wagons.
Getting Boar,
The thought never struck me to wait for
the arrival of a mustering officer to be
assigned for that purpose by the War de
partment, before leaving my home and my
business, nor was the same thought sug
gested by any one of the twenty coura
geous and public spirited men whom I
drummed together in short order and who
declared their willingness to follow me.
There was no time for delay. Inside of one
hour we were twenty-one men In the .ad
dle, our carbine, and revolver, loaded, a
blanket and some provisions rolled up and
tied to the rear of the .addle. Striking
almost a bee line to the southwest and
keeping on a fast trot most of the time
we marched thirty-flv. miles, reaching
Vesta about mldnlrht, and after a few
hours' rest Beatrice in the' morning about
11 o'clock, August 8, many a half mile on
the lope. Bffore reaching Beatrice we had
found on the road near the Big Blue and
Beaver creek vacated farm house, and
half cooked meal, on stoves still warm
and animal, tied up In their .tables.
The news of the massacre to the west
Nebraska mllltla down the Little Blue and
up the Bit; Sandy, doubtles. many live,
were saved; without our forced march and
quick lire tho raid would have been more
desperate and widespread.
Savages Overtaken.
The trail being very fresh and broad,
we overtook a mixed band of Indians,
mostly Cheyenne Siuux, six miles south of
the Little Blue. There were fort-onu
or forty-two iu the band, driving about
3ut head of stolen slock In a dcct south
western course toward the Republican
river. We opened fire 011 them and diopped
one after another with our carbine, and
rifles, the other, took precipitate flight
and thu. we recovered the biggest portion
of their plunder. A. we could soe no
human captive among the Hying mob and
our horse, were completely exhausted we
contented ourselves with retrieving the
live Block and taking a number of bcalpa
from the dead Indian., which were still
wet from gore of white women, as lung
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lest man by all odds, who could and would had spread somehow with lightning rapidity
furnish the sinews of war In time of actual
need and reril. The new general proved
tho truth of my assertion by ordering on
the spot four big boxes of sparkling cider
to celebrate the occasion.
If there is another survivor of that mem
orable meeting I would be happy to get his
address; but, .la.. Mason, Furnas. Butler,
Dundy, Ivers, Cornell, Boydston. Lett and
lesser light, all have Joined the grand
army above.
Tb Last Massacre,
It cannot be gainsaid that the Nebraska
territorial mllltla prepared and forwarded
many recruit, to the regular or volunteer
army, and that those whom family or
business affairs compelled to stay at home
braved the dangers of frontier life during
the Indian scsres and actual troubles,
guarding those vast prairies for peaceful,
prosperous and happy home. This I. es
pecially true of the Indian raid and mas
sacre of August. 1864, which received In
congress but little attention, and seemed
In comparison of .0 little Importance ..
scarcely to deserve a place In national his
tory. Tet the military strategy and pre
cision, and the secrecy and success, and
th. cool butchery and cruelty of attack;
time to become thoroughly Inspissated
Returning to Beatrice for provision, and
ammunition we received order, by special
messenger, from Colonel Mason to leturn
to Nebraska City, as Governor Saunders
had called out four companies of mounted
men to the publlo defense and t'j meet
the emergency.
Without delay eighteen member, of the
Otoe County Reserves then Joined the new
company A, with Mason', law partner,
Thomas B. Stevenson, a. captain, whilst
your humble servant remained with the
rest of the old company, acting In the
capacity of surgeon and scout on the staff
of General Coe and Colonel Mason until
honorably discharged February 12, 1863.
First Regiment of Kebraslua Mllltla,
These last four companies, raised,
equipped and mustered lulu the sarvice by
the governor of th territory aftor August
12, 1m4, were known generally iroin that
time on as the First regiment of Nebraska
mllltla, Just as if the man who served in
the regiment of Nebraska militia from
lb&fl to IbiA, August 12, and were attached
during all these year, to the First regi
ment of the First and Second brigade,
Nebraska militia, respectively, had never
been in existence, neither de Jure nor de
facto, a. Judge Mason would have aald In
technical language.
Without f--ur of successful contradiction
I may claim for the Otoe County Reserve,
that we have been an independent com
pany, but a respected one, of the First
regiment, Second brigade, who furnished
their own arms, their own or their hired
or gratuitously loaned horses, all their ac
couterments, served without pay, paid all
their bills, obeyed all orders and discipline,
emanating from the territorial officers, who
were appointed from eastern or yuulhern
states from time to time by the federal
government, L e., Presidents Pierce, Bu
chanan and Lincoln, as well as those ema
nating directly or indirectly from I he mili
tary officers of the United States und were
at all time, willing to be used and em
ployed by the United States authorities in
defending the public frontier and were thus
required to render the ordinary and com
plete military service of tho volunteers of
the United States army in defense of the
government and Its property in time of war,
when it had Insufficient force to protect
the frontier against hottiUj Indians and
other public enemies.
and resulted In a perfect stampede; many
families secured such conveyance, as were
at hand and took flight toward the Mla
orurl, many never stopping until they
reached the river. Terrified settlers were
still pouring Into Beatrice from Swan.
Turkey and Indian creek. The arrival of
our "advance guard of Nebraska mllltla,"
with good arms and ammunition, however,
soon allayed the Intense excitement and fear.
Beatrice People Arm.
T turned over the arm. and ammunition
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Joe Saunders and Hiram W. Walker, who
had organized the settler. Into a company,
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of the Big Blue, determined to make a
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